Davidson and Hoag take MacDermot Prize
Mr Ross A. Davidson and Mr Nathan A. Hoag are sharing the J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism (2008) for their coauthored paper “Prostate cancer screening practices and attitudes among primary care physicians in Victoria, British Columbia” (BCMJ 2008; 50[8]:456-460).
Dr Peter J. Pommerville, clinical associate professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia and staff urologist at Royal Jubilee Hospital and Victoria General Hospital, was the supervising author.
The MacDermot Prize, which carries a cash award of $1000, is given annually to the best article on any medicine-related topic submitted to the BC Medical Journal by a medical student in British Columbia.
The prize honors Dr John Henry MacDermot (1883 – 1969), who became the editor of the Vancouver Medical Bulletin at its formation in 1924, remaining at the helm until 1959, when it became the BC Medical Journal. He was editor of the BCMJ until he retired in 1967.